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marmar

(77,084 posts) Sat May 19, 2012, 05:13 PM May 2012

Chris Hedges: NDAA Ruling 'Monumental Decision'

Published on May 18, 2012 by TheAlyonaShow

We'll discuss the ruling on the National Defense Authorization Act and talk about it more in-depth with author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges.

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Chris Hedges: NDAA Ruling 'Monumental Decision' (Original Post) marmar May 2012 OP

thank you for posting that marmar nt arely staircase May 2012 #1

thank you Chris Hedges and the others who brought this suit! bbgrunt May 2012 #2

Aside from changing *absolutely* nothing, sure. boppers May 2012 #3

arely staircase

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1. thank you for posting that marmar nt

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Sat May 19, 2012, 05:19 PM

May 2012

bbgrunt

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2. thank you Chris Hedges and the others who brought this suit!

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Sat May 19, 2012, 07:28 PM

May 2012

boppers

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3. Aside from changing *absolutely* nothing, sure.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 07:38 PM

May 2012

You can still be arrested, and thrown in a military prison, without a day in front of a jury, on specious charges of supporting terrorism, and held there until the "war" ends.

Read the actual ruling. This is a PR stunt, not an actual legal victory. All the existing laws which made the above legal *before* NDAA still hold.

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